My Advice Earns Me Some Angry Readers

By

Jonathan Clements

Updated Dec. 24, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

I have a seriously weird job.

Most weeks, I bang out two personal-finance columns, trying to offer guidance on an endeavor that's fraught with uncertainty. The reality is, we have only the vaguest idea how the stock, bond and real-estate markets will fare in the years ahead.